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A northern Ontario tribe is getting $800,000 in government money to deal with a rash of suicide attempts amongst its youth in the last two years.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), which represents 26,000 people in 43 communities in North-western Ontario, received $400,000 from the federal Ministry of Health and Welfare and $400,000 from the province of Ontario to fund a youth forum on suicide.

In the last two years there have been 23 suicides and 143 recorded suicide attempts in the Nishnawbe territory.

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A northern Ontario tribe is getting $800,000 in government money to deal with a rash of suicide attempts amongst its youth in the last two years.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), which represents 26,000 people in 43 communities in North-western Ontario, received $400,000 from the federal Ministry of Health and Welfare and $400,000 from the province of Ontario to fund a youth forum on suicide.

In the last two years there have been 23 suicides and 143 recorded suicide attempts in the Nishnawbe territory.

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A northern Ontario tribe is getting $800,000 in government money to deal with a rash of suicide attempts amongst its youth in the last two years.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), which represents 26,000 people in 43 communities in North-western Ontario, received $400,000 from the federal Ministry of Health and Welfare and $400,000 from the province of Ontario to fund a youth forum on suicide.

In the last two years there have been 23 suicides and 143 recorded suicide attempts in the Nishnawbe territory.

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A northern Ontario tribe is getting $800,000 in government money to deal with a rash of suicide attempts amongst its youth in the last two years.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), which represents 26,000 people in 43 communities in North-western Ontario, received $400,000 from the federal Ministry of Health and Welfare and $400,000 from the province of Ontario to fund a youth forum on suicide.

In the last two years there have been 23 suicides and 143 recorded suicide attempts in the Nishnawbe territory.

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They will be coming from the mountains, the seas and the desert valleys. They will be coming from every province and territory in Canada and from many of the United States.

They are the athletes who will be participating in the 1993 North American Indigenous Games to be held here July 8-15.

"For one week Prince Albert will be the largest reserve in Canada," said Eugene Arcand, games chairman at a May press conference. A total of 4,500 athletes are expected along with 1,500 coaches and officials and an estimated 2,400 spectators.

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They will be coming from the mountains, the seas and the desert valleys. They will be coming from every province and territory in Canada and from many of the United States.

They are the athletes who will be participating in the 1993 North American Indigenous Games to be held here July 8-15.

"For one week Prince Albert will be the largest reserve in Canada," said Eugene Arcand, games chairman at a May press conference. A total of 4,500 athletes are expected along with 1,500 coaches and officials and an estimated 2,400 spectators.

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They will be coming from the mountains, the seas and the desert valleys. They will be coming from every province and territory in Canada and from many of the United States.

They are the athletes who will be participating in the 1993 North American Indigenous Games to be held here July 8-15.

"For one week Prince Albert will be the largest reserve in Canada," said Eugene Arcand, games chairman at a May press conference. A total of 4,500 athletes are expected along with 1,500 coaches and officials and an estimated 2,400 spectators.

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They will be coming from the mountains, the seas and the desert valleys. They will be coming from every province and territory in Canada and from many of the United States.

They are the athletes who will be participating in the 1993 North American Indigenous Games to be held here July 8-15.

"For one week Prince Albert will be the largest reserve in Canada," said Eugene Arcand, games chairman at a May press conference. A total of 4,500 athletes are expected along with 1,500 coaches and officials and an estimated 2,400 spectators.

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Tsuu Tina Nations Gordon Crowchild has to be one of the oldest cowboys still competing in the professional Indian rodeo circuit, as well as in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association of Canada.

The 63-year-old veteran cowboy has been in the rodeo game since 1944 when he entered his first rodeo at the famous Calgary Stampede at age 14 in the boys steer riding event.

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Tsuu Tina Nations Gordon Crowchild has to be one of the oldest cowboys still competing in the professional Indian rodeo circuit, as well as in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association of Canada.

The 63-year-old veteran cowboy has been in the rodeo game since 1944 when he entered his first rodeo at the famous Calgary Stampede at age 14 in the boys steer riding event.